Biography

Jonathan Taylor Thomas was born on September 8, 1981 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. When Jonathan was four years old, his family moved to Sacramento, California. He lived with his parents, Claudine and Stephen and his older brother Joel until 1991 when Jonathan's parents divorced. He lived with his mother…more

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Trivia and Quotes

Trivia

Tim Allen, who played Jonathan's father on Home Improvement, was upset when Jonathan wanted to leave the show and focus on college at the beginning of the show's last season, but he agreed to write him out. Later, Allen got angry when Jonathan spent that summer filming the movie I'll Be Home for Christmas instead of prepping for college. Jonathan did come back for one more episode, but he didn't appear in the series finale. In response to all the rumors about him being upset with Jonathan, Tim Allen says "I love Jonathan, and I loved working with him, and it felt like betrayal...I just missed the kid, that's all." They have since made up and have a good relationship to this day.

Jonathan attended Harvard University, studying History and Philosophy. He spent the spring semester of his third year at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He then attended Columbia University in New York City, in the school of General Studies.

1997 - Young Artist Awards: Best Performance in a Voiceover for The Adventures of Pinocchio1996 - ShoWest Convention: ShoWest Award for 'Young Star of the Year'1995 - Hollywood Reporter's Award: Best Actor in Comedy Series for Home Improvement1995 - YoungStar Award: Best Performance by a Young Actor in a TV Comedy Series for Home Improvement1994 - Young Artist Awards: Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series for Home Improvement1998 - Kids Choice Awards: Best TV Actor for Home Improvement

Jonathan has chosen to focus on his studies, and that is the reason he hasn't been in any major films or TV shows since leaving Home Improvement. However, he has taken several guest roles in different TV shows, including parts in Veronica Mars and Smallville.

In the movie Speedway Junky you see Jonathan smoke, but he has never smoked in real life. He had to learn how to smoke on the set of the movie, but you never see Jonathan inhale the cigarette smoke because he was unable to do so.

Jonathan Taylor Weiss is his real name. He changed it to Jonathan Taylor Thomas because their was already an actor with the name Jonathan Weiss. His stage name is derived from his real first name (Jonathan), his real middle name (Taylor), and his brother's middle name (Thomas).

Quotes

Jonathan Taylor Thomas: (about his "teen idol" status) I was in St. Patrick's Cathedral actually. My Mom was showing me how to light the candle and all that, and this person comes up and is like, "Can you sign this, please?" I was like, "Okay, let's get out of here, because I don't want a big old lightning bolt to come down on me, thank you very much!"

Jonathan Taylor Thomas(About the rumors of him being homosexual in an interview with The Advocate.): It was just a blatant lie put on the Internet, and then it was just a feeding frenzy... And I'm sure it was validated by my recent roles. What startled me was how willingly people accepted it.

An amazingly gorgeous actor.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an amazing actor. And, it doesn't hurt any that he has to be the hottest actor like in the history of ever. Just saying. Anyway, JTT is an amazing actor. And, he can play almost any role. It's awesome to see him do what he does best. He is rather underused, as his last role was in '07. Although he is not as popular as he once was, he is slowly (as I have noticed) becoming popular again. Hopefully he will be in more again so we can see more JTT. Let's hear it for JTT!! WooT wOOt!!moreless

J.T.T.!!

I remember when he was a big teen star and was on all the teen magazines like Teen Beat, Bop and Bopper. I would tear out his posters in them and hang them all over the wall. I was disapointed when he went off Home Improvement. He hasn't been in many show lately. I wish he would come back to acting. I really enjoyed watching him act. I loved is character, Randy, on Home Improvement. He made him have a cute wit to his humor that always kept me laughing. I hope he will come back to tv or movies so we can see him on screen again.moreless

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